The Art Institute of Chicago
Museum Studies
Vol. 23, no. 2 (Fall 1997)
Edited by Michael Sittenfeld
The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies, published twice annually, presents articles on the collections and history of the Art Institute. This special issue focuses on the museum’s holdings of African art. Three articles examine important works from the Western Sudan, by the Akan people of present-day Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, and by the Yoruba people of contemporary Nigeria. Other essays discuss three key objects in the museum’s collection: a Baga headdress (from Guinea), a carved altar tusk from the Kingdom of Benin (Nigeria), and a Luluwa maternity figure (Congo). This issue is both a handbook for visitors to the Art Institute’s gallery of African art and a text for students and scholars who wish to pursue further study.
Awarded: Second Prize, AAM Publications Design Competition
Articles in this publication:
Kathleen E. Bickford and Cherise Smith, “Art of the Western Sudan”
Marie Yvonne Curtis and Ramon Sarro, “The Nimba Headdress: Art, Ritual, and History of the Baga and Nalu Peoples of Guinea”
Nii Otokunor Quarcoopome, “Art of the Akan”
Barbara Winston Blackmun, “Icons and Emblems in Ivory: An Altar Tusk from the Palace of Old Benin”
Moyo Okediji, “Art of the Yoruba”
Constantine Petridis, “Of Mothers and Sorcerers: A Luluwa Maternity Figure”
200 pages, 8 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.
ISBN-13: 9780865591493
ISBN-10: 0865591490
